You work for county social services, child welfare division, and you are working with Lisa

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You work for county social services, child welfare division, and you are working with Lisa, who recently had her three young children (April is 5, Joshua is 6 and Justine is 9 years of age) removed from her home for physical and emotional neglect. You arranged for Lisa to have parenting classes and individual counseling so that she can learn how to better manage her frustration with her children. You also arrange to have her admitted to a drug rehabilitation program to help her with her addictions to alcohol and cocaine. You meet with Lisa once a week to discuss her progress and you also monitor her weekly visitation with her children. Successful completion of Lisa’s parenting plan will enable her to regain custody of her children. You will continue to monitor Lisa’s progress and her children’s progress who are in a foster care placement.

Address the following:

Part A

  • Determine what issues were addressed from a counseling perspective for Lisa.
  • Describe the plan you will implement to begin working more effectively with Lisa’s three children while in foster care.

This section should be written as a formal paper 2-3 pages. You should cite sources using APA format, and include a reference section at the end of your submission.

Part B

Address the following:

Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Clinicians conduct an initial meeting with their potential clients to assess what types of problems the client is dealing with. They also use this interview as a way to gather information to help determine the appropriate course of treatment.

  • Prepare an intake form to use during your initial meeting with the children to access what types of problems each child is dealing with. Intake forms range from 5-20 or more pages. For this assignment the form should be at least 2-4 pages. Make sure the form captures relevant information for you to implement an effective treatment plan.
  • Provide a summary of the information gained from the initial meeting with Lisa’s three children and develop a diagnosis, intervention, and treatment plan for the three children while in foster care. This should be 3-4 pages.


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Explanation & Answer

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Running head: COUNSELING PERSPECTIVE FOR LISA

Counseling Perspective for Lisa
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COUNSELING PERSPECTIVE FOR LISA

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Parenting is not an easy thing that requires dedication and overall focus on having a
successful parenting process. Lisa’s situation is very complex, and it is very difficult for her to
provide better parenting to her children while at the same time satisfy her alcohol and cocaine
addiction. Removing the children from her care was a wise decision, which focuses on the wellbeing of the children because she is not in a position to provide better care for her children. The
counseling focus to improve Lisa’s situation focuses on key elements that will help in improving
her overall engagement and understand her roles as a parent and the responsibilities that come with
being a parent.
A key aspect that is considered in this case is dealing with her addiction. Suffering from
alcohol and cocaine addiction requires integration of critical factors that will play a key role in
improving the overall well-being of an individual. Dealing with her addiction is the first aspect
that needs to be dealt with in providing a positive understanding under which it would be possible
for Lisa to develop an understanding on her behavior and how it is affecting the wellbeing of her
children. The inability to ensure that she realizes that her actions are negatively affecting the
wellbeing of her children, it will be very difficult to integrate any positive strategy that will seek
at improving her focus towards her children. Dealing with addiction, therefore, will incorporate
specific counseling techniques in ensuring that she has a self-realization on how her behavior is
detrimental to her development as well as that of her children (Lopez et al., 2014).
Parenting is another significant issue that was discussed in seeking to improve Lisa’s
understanding on the need to develop positive focus under which it would be possible to have a
greater focus on the wellbeing of her children. The addiction that she has created a very different
focus on issues and she does not realize the role she is supposed to be playing in ensuring the wellbeing of her children. Getting her to understand the overall focus under which she will be able to

COUNSELING PERSPECTIVE FOR LISA

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have a positive influence on her children is crucial in this case. A parent has a legal responsibility
towards her children, and if there is any form of negligence, a parent loses the parental role.
Parenting involves the conduct of a parent and how he or she guides her children to adopt positive
societal values. A parent is expected to be a role model to her parents. This means that being a role
model focuses on the integration of key developmental traits that have a greater influence on an
individual wellbeing. It is impossible for Lisa to guide her children effectively in her curren...


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